On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Ryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Occupy Ruby—why we need to moderate the 1%: > > http://zenspider.com/presentations/2012-cascadia.html Finally I got around to watching it. I have to say I viewed the talk with mixed feelings: on one hand I wholeheartedly sympathize with the goal. On the other hand there was a bit too much PC in there and I feel uncomfortable with installing a "program" to improve the community. Nobody owns the community which is a big difference to your walled garden analogy. The owner of the garden has every right to take measures to shape it in the way he likes (even if it is a commune) but in a network of peers there is no authority like that. It may be my German ancestry but I always get nervous when someone tries to establish certain ways of behavior in a community. I'm also slightly irritated to hear that from an US citizen (Ryan, I guess you are, aren't you?) who lives in a country which has much more liberal understanding of freedom of speech than we have over here in Germany. My approach to improving the community (as little as I participate nowadays) is to point out where people's language or behavior went astray. But I would not promote common action against individuals. Generally trying to develop placidness towards noise (or even offenses) will give a good fundament for a positive community. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ruby-talk-google group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ruby-talk-google?hl=en
